Cultural Relativism

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right for that culture. Whereas if another culture finds abortion to be wrong, then it is morally right that abortion be banned, for that culture. allows for diversity and differences between cultures, which in turn supports peace between cultures. is a meta-ethical outlook because this theory attempts to explain the status of moral judgments. It gives guidelines as to what may be moral.
The divine command theory is also a meta-ethical approach because like , it also standardizes morality, defining what is moral and what is not. It claims to solve the meta-ethical question about the status of moral judgments, as well as the lingering question, "why be moral?". The divine command theory declares that something is morally right if it is willed by God and if God says it is right; thus, something is morally wrong if God says it is wrong and if it is forbidden by God. Therefore, morality is a creation of God’s will. We think that murder and rape is wrong because it is forbidden ...

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Each culture is different and each have their own beliefs. Some of these beliefs may contradict another culture’s beliefs, but since says that whatever each culture believes is right, is right for that culture, both these cultures would theoretically be considered as correct. This makes it impossible to praise one’s own culture for being good and moral, since however a culture chooses to act would be considered to be morally right. Consequently it would also be impossible for one to criticize one’s own culture or that of another’s, because makes everything that a culture believes in, morally correct.

Not everyone is of the same culture, each person would hold individual ideas of ...

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